Eternity Playhouse, April 5 7.5/10 Playwright Patricia Cornelius has had the courage to say what our cowardly wowser politicians have not: violence is only tangentially an alcohol issue. More fundamental is a culture of male aggression. For proof look at countries in northern Europe and Scandinavia where excessive alcohol is…
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Wentworth Falls School of Arts, April 2 6.5/10 For all the ambition of Rowen Fox’s first full-length opera, the labour could not obscure the love. In the myth of the Chinese moon goddess Chang’E he has hit upon subject matter ideal for operatic interpretation. It provides a context for him…
Roslyn Packer Theatre, February 5 9/10 Endless storytelling possibilities were open to playwright Andrew Bovell and director Neil Armfield in adapting Kate Grenville’s novel for the stage. By opting for a profound sense of ritual, intermingled with stylised theatricality and laced with enchantment, they arrived at a deeper, more poetic…